There were other rescuers mentioned in the newspaper articles, however it has not yet been possible to positively identify them. Amongst them were Fred Wilson from Normanton, who was an assistant Mining Inspector, working for Frank Newby Wardell, and led a rescue party of 8 men. Fred was using a Stokes Alcoholic lamp to test for gas, and found none in the district he was searching. The other men referred to were:
James Hollyhead
Albert Limbert
R Mallinson
Thomas Smith
W Smith
30th April 1896. The Peckfield Colliery Disaster at Micklefield 